Created: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 11:30 a.m. CDT
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County expenses snowball

By TYLER ELLYSON — CNA staff reporter tellyson@crestonnews.com

Union County Engineer Steve Akes may have given his weekly maintenance and activity update to Union County Board of Supervisors one day before Groundhog Day, but his reports are starting to read more like the script to the movie.

Again Monday, the supervisors accepted a report full of a week’s snow-removal details — something that is becoming a reoccurring theme this winter.

• Read more of this story in the Feb. 3 edition of the Creston News Advertiser.

August 9, 2010
 
The McKinley Park Festival kicked off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday July 31 with a kids fishing contest. More than 150 kids participated in the contest. A bike parade ensued at 1 p.m. The parade was judged and two boys and two girls received new bikes. The Bill Riley Talent Show took place at the bandshell at 2 p.m. First-place contestants advanced to perform at the Iowa State Fair. And at 10 p.m., the Creston Shooters delivered an 18-minute fireworks display.

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